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Summer school of the University of Bonn.
European dialogue: United in diversity? A German-French-Polish Menage a trios
Apply now for the summer school!

Would you like to learn, discuss and to experience Bonn with students and professors from France, Germany and Poland for two weeks? Application for the summer school is still possible until 23rd March, 2014.
What kind of influence do cultural differences have on political conflicts and cooperations between Germany, France and Poland?
This is the opening question of the trinational summer school "European dialogue: United in diversity?", taking place from 1st to 13th July at the University of Bonn.

Scientists and students from five partner universities – besides Bonn the Universities Warsaw, Wrocław, Strassbourg and Paris-Sorbonne – will deal with similarities and differences between these three countries.
On the schedule are topics such as "External and European Images: Identity and Representation", "War, Peace and Resistance" and "European Crises and Solutions". The thematic work will be supplemented by workshops on intercultural communications, media projects and a diverse evening programme. German, Polish and French students of the participating partner universities who deal with Europe in their studies can take part.

There are mostly long lasting partnerships with the participating universities. By means of this summer school, for the first time an interdisciplinary network between the universities will be established. It will be developed and strengthened by more joint projects in the future.

The summer school is generously supported by the Erasmus-Programme of the European Commission and the German-French University.
More information on www.intensivprogramm.uni-bonn.de and europadialogbonn.wordpress.com

Application:
Please direct your application to Maren Rohe ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) until 23rd March with the following documents as an attached PDF:

• Short motivation letter (max. 1 page) with four thematic blocks in the order of your preference
• short curriculum vitae
• transcript of records
• certificate of German, French or Polish skills, if existent

The Willy Brandt Centre and the MBP kindly invite on 9th April, 2014, at 5 p.m., to an author's meeting with Brygida Helbig and the presentation of her book "Little Heaven".
The meeting is chaired by Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz

The protagonist of the story, Marzena, lives in England, discovers the secrets of her family, analyzes her "homelessness" and looks for an identity. In her family she unveils the history of the Polish and German people, the history of human fates dominated by the ideas of socialism and Nazism. Slowly, she unravels the complicated lots of her great-grand-parents, parents and herself. Truth mixes with the necessity to uncover the truth, and reminiscences of the family with imagination. "Little Heaven" is a short tale, looking through the glass and discovering "treasures".

Brygida Helbig (Prof. Brigitta Helbig-Mischewski PhD habil.), born in Szczecin, is a writer and literary scholar. She works at the Polish-German Research Institute in the Collegium Polonicum in Słubicy (UAM Poznań, Viadrina), co-funded by Humboldt University in Berlin. She is the author of prose books such as "Those from the GDR and other people", nominated for the prize NIKE iGRYFIA, as well as about Maria Komornicka "Lost goddesses".

We kindly invite you to the meeting:
Date: 9th April, 2014, 5 p.m.
Place: Kawiarnia Literatka, Rynek 56/57, Wrocław

CSNE im. Willy'ego Brandta UWr, Biblioteka Turystyczna i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna we Wrocławiu serdecznie zapraszają w dniu 31.03.14 o godz. 18.00 na spotkanie autorskie z Dorotą Danielewicz-Kerski i prezentację książki pt.: „Berlin. Przewodnik po duszy miasta".
Spotkanie poprowadzi: prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz (CSNE, UWr)

Książka składa się z niezależnych opowieści, które oprowadzają czytelnika po Berlinie, jego miejscach, pamięci i skojarzeniach.
Przewodnik jest wyjątkowy, bo czytając go nie tylko poznajemy, ale również słyszymy, smakujemy oraz odczuwamy sentymentalny i mroczny Berlin z przeszłości, a także ten współczesny - połączony zburzonym murem, energetyczny i wielokulturowy.
Dzięki magicznej narracji autorki wczuwamy się w historie rodowitych berlińczyków i emigrantów, a także twórców, których książki, filmy i utwory muzyczne zostały poświęcone Berlinowi.

Przewodnik jest wyrazem wrastania autorki w miasto i ukochania Berlina, który ma duszę.

Dorota Danielewicz-Kerski jest znaną dziennikarką i literaturoznawczynią, przez wiele lat była berlińską korespondentką sekcji polskiej radia RFI w Paryżu, a od 1997 r. współpracuje z rozgłośnią RBB i WDR w językach niemieckim i polskim, zajmując się przede wszystkim literaturą współczesną (miesięczny magazyn literacki w programie RBB Funkhaus Europa, przedtem Radio Multikulti) oraz tematami dotyczącymi kultury polskiej. Jest autorką licznych publikacji na łamach prasy polskiej i niemieckiej, od dłuższego czasu mieszka w Berlinie.

Serdecznie zapraszamy na spotkanie!
Data: 31.03.2014 r., o godz. 18.00
Miejsce: Biblioteka Turystyczna MBP, ul. Szewska 78, Wrocław

Z przyjemnością informujemy, że ukazała się najnowsza publikacja pod redakcją prof. dr. hab. Ireneusza Pawła Karolewskiego, Thomasa Mehlhausena i dr Moniki Sus:

"Poland's EU-Council Presidency under Evaluation. Navigating Europe Through Stormy Waters"

Tematem publikacji jest Polska prezydencja w Radzie Unii Europejskiej w świetle zmian wprowadzonych mocą Traktatu Lizbońskiego.

Szczególną uwagę autorzy poświęcają kwestii Partnerstwa Wschodniego, polityki energetycznej i klimatycznej, zajmują się problematyką polityki zagranicznej i bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego, procesem rozszerzania Unii Europejskiej oraz procesem negocjowania wieloletnich ram finansowych 2014-2020.

Autorami są polscy i niemieccy eksperci.

Książka została opublikowana w międzynarodwej serii: German and European Studies of the WBZ wydanej przez renomowane niemieckie wydawnictwo Nomos: http://www.nomos.de

Książkę można nabyć: http://www.nomos-shop.de/warenkorb.aspx

Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies (CSNE) at Wrocław University and the Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'Allemagne, CIERA (Paris) and Ludwig Maiximilian University (Munich) jointly organize the international summer school "THE WEIMAR TRIANGLE IN EUROPE", taking place from 22nd to 29th June, 2014.

The motto of this year's summer school is "Europa 10 Jahre nach der EU-Osterweiterung. Zusammenwachsen Europas und Auseinandergehen der Europäer?" („Europe 10 years after the EU eastern enlargement: Europe growing together, Europeans growing apart?")

Date: 22nd – 29th June, 2014
Application deadline: 15th March, 2014
Place: Wrocław, Poland
Language: German

Number of participants: 30 students and doctoral candidates

The summer school places emphasis on three thematic fields:

Europe 2014 – tendencies of integration and renationalization
National and European discourses in the past and present
"Europeans" in a transformation period

In the context of initial presentations and panels, participants will be able to acquaint themselves with various aspects of Polish-German-French and European relations.

Applications

Doctoral candidates and students in their final years of studies who are fluent in German and interested in Polish-German-French and in general European relations can submit their application until 15th March, 2014.

Download: Call for applications

Please submit your documents (CV, letter of motivation, short project description) in to this email address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The letter of motivation should contain a short explanation for the selection of the topic. The scientific council of the summer school will take care of participant selection based on the written applications.

Costs

The summer school is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. These funds include accommodation and implementation of the summer school. No participation fee is charged.

Expenses for travel by train (second class) or aircraft (economy class) will be reimbursed based on the prescriptions for travel expenses reimbursement for federal officials, provided the use of low-cost fares and presentation of original receipts / bills directly to the summer school.

Organizing committee

Prof. Paweł Karolewski PhD, Elżbieta Opiłowska PhD, Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz PhD, Monika Sus PhD, Dariusz Wojtaszyn PhD, Prof. Marek Zybura PhD, Agnieszka Kapuściarek MA (Willly Brandt Centre, Wrocław University), in cooperation with Prof. Martin Aust PhD (Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich) and Prof. Michael Werber PhD (CIERA, Paris)

Contact:

Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies at Wrocław University
Ul. Strażnicza 1-3 PL-50-206 Wrocław
phone.: 48-71-375 95 01, fax: 48-71-327 93 61
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The programme of the summer school will be published on the CSNE website at a later date.